Harrison resigns as House leader for not telling premier he brought rifle into Sask. Legislative Building
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Jeremy Harrison has resigned as Saskatchewan government House leader for not telling Premier Scott Moe about bringing a hunting rifle into the Legislative Building in the past
However, in an interview Friday, Harrison denied the allegation that he wanted to bring in a handgun.
Last week, Speaker Randy Weekes accused Harrison of bringing a hunting rifle into the building and wanting to bring a handgun in as well.
Harrison did not immediately respond to the allegations — but last Friday, Premier Scott Moe told media that Harrison told him the Speaker's allegations were "unequivocally false."
Moe said he had confidence in Harrison to continue in his role and called him one of the best House leaders in the country.
One week later, on Friday, Harrison resigned from that position in a statement shared by the government. Harrison will remain in cabinet as the minister of trade and export development.
On Friday morning at his constituency office in Meadow Lake, Sask., Harrison confirmed he had in fact brought a weapon to the legislature.
"A decade ago, I did bring a long gun into the legislature for a very short period of time, about 10 minutes, where I went in, grabbed some work and left on the way to a hunting trip," he said.
Harrison said security officials knew he was bringing a weapon into the legislature and that he did it in order to not leave an unsecured firearm in his vehicle unattended.
The Meadow Lake MLA said that, in retrospect, the decision was inappropriate.
"I shouldn't have done that. It was a mistake. It was a lapse in judgment," Harrison said.
Last week, Weekes said in his speech, "[Harrison's] desire to get permission to carry a handgun in the Legislative Assembly is particularly disturbing. Another incident reported by a former special constable was when the government House leader [flouted] the rules concerning weapons when he brought a hunting rifle into the Legislative Building."
Harrison said that he did not initially catch the allegation Weekes made about bringing a rifle into the legislature.
Harrison said he remembered the incident after conversations with others, and by that time the premier had made public comments.
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